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To: Edwarda who wrote (12545)	11/20/1999 7:53:00 PM
From: E	Read Replies (8) \| Respond to of 62550

The New Yorker, Nov 22 issue, is having a cartoon caption contest. I'm going to describe the cartoon, since it's conceptually simple enough to describe, I think, and see if anybody comes up with anything they want to submit. You can submit by email to toon@cartoonbank.com, writing Caption Contest in the subject heading. One caption per person, and no prizes. Well, except winning, of course, and having it published in the magazine. So here's the captionless cartoon: You see the front porch of a house, and on it there is a kid, a little girl maybe ten or so, who sees her Daddy as he walks up the path to the porch, presumably coming home from work, since he's wearing a business suit and is carrying his briefcase (it's hooked over his thumb.) But he is also carrying, on his back, a giant globe, like Atlas. He's bent over with the weight of it, of course, and is clearly struggling and is grimacing from the effort as he arrives at the porch steps. (From the part of it you can see, you know globe is enormous, probably larger than the house.) So that's all you see, except that the little girl is gesturing with one hand toward her (presumed) father while turning toward the house and, with a cranky look on her face, is shouting something to someone in the house. So the obvious task is to think of what the little girl might be saying. The sample caption the NYer offered was, "Mom, Dad forgot the pizza!" Of which they said, "You, surely, can do better," but I don't think I can. If anyone submits a caption, it would be fun to read it here.